Checklist for Volunteer Screening

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• Do all volunteers have a position description that describes the essential duties of their positions?
  

• Are all applicants for volunteer positions subject to a basic screening process consisting of:

  • an application

  • a face-to-face interview and

  • reference checks?
    

• Has the organization assessed volunteer positions by the degree of risk posed? Is each group of positions subject to an appropriate screening process? The general guideline for screening volunteers is that the more vulnerable the service recipient and the greater the opportunity for violations of trust, the more intensive the screening process should be.

Nonprofit Risk Management Center
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This document is from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s
Accident Preparation and Response Tutorial (www.nonprofitrisk.org), which was
made possible by financial support from the Public Entity Risk Institute.